Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Providers are taking the tech industry by storm. IaaS has sped up the process of deploying new applications and services and enabled faster turn-around time to meet customer and internal stakeholder requirements. IaaS has also increased flexibility by scaling facilities up and down quickly in response to enterprise requirements. Meanwhile,…
A frequently asked question here at Multapplied, both through Technical Support and Sales Engineering is: How do I improve voice over IP quality with Multapplied’s SDWAN solution? First, let’s take a look at the common enemies of good voice quality and the practical real-world effects they have. • Latency – delayed packets, resulting in slurred…
In a recent post, we explained how connectivity is now the most important business driver for a multi-site restaurant chain. That’s because just about every process now requires connectivity, from keeping PoS and ordering systems up and running to ensuring food and worker safety. The truth is that most businesses can only function for few…
Here’s a question for you: What’s the most important business driver for a multi-site restaurant chain? The answer has nothing to do with food, equipment or even personnel. Hands-down, the most important element is connectivity. Think about it. In today’s ultra-connected world, a multi-site restaurant could not last 10 minutes without connectivity. When the network…
On May 29th, a Pennsylvania-based healthcare provider experienced a bout of unplanned network downtime, rendering its electronic health record (EHR) system and patient portal inaccessible. Seven of the company’s hospitals—including its call center—were affected by the outage, which delayed medical procedures and prevented physicians from accessing important patient information. Patients, too, were unable to obtain…
“The problem I have seen with many Infrastructure as a Service providers is that their offerings often don’t include anything pertaining to end user connectivity. And when they do, they don’t ensure that the connectivity is secure and reliable or deals with performance issues.” – Philbert Shih, Managing Director, Structure Research Infrastructure as a Service…
Let’s face it: Few things are worse than feeling like you aren’t in control over your own destiny. It’s the reason why entrepreneurs start their own businesses, and why many new technologies are invented. Ultimately, the struggle for freedom keeps us moving, until we reach a position of control. When SD-WAN was first created, the…
Cloud applications are now being used across all areas of the enterprise, from billing to marketing to sales to customer support, and everything in between. In a recent study from IDG, it was revealed that 77 percent of enterprises now store at least one application or a portion of their enterprise computing infrastructure in the…
With Multapplied, you have full control and ownership of your network infrastructure right to the customer edge. And if you’re providing managed services, you’ll be able to control quality of service and connectivity from your data center, through the last mile connectivity into the customer LAN. See what Bret Childers, Chief Operating Officer at SOCS…
Reselling SD-WAN is no different than selling technologies like Desktop as a Service or Firewall as a Service. Ultimately, there are two options available. The standard approach is to partner with a traditional SD-WAN vendor and offer their branded service—essentially, playing by their rules every step of the way (while forking over a large chunk…